Microscopy

Fluorescence microscopy is a type of light microscope that works on the principle of fluorescence. A substance is said to be fluorescent when it absorbs the energy of invisible shorter wavelength radiation (such as UV […]

Dark-field microscopy is a technique that can be used for the observation of living, unstained cells and microorganisms. In this microscopy, the specimen is brightly illuminated while the background is dark. It is one type […]

Foldscope is a paper microscope that is built by folding the paper in origami fashion. Prof. Manu Prakash and Jim Cybulski at Stanford University invented it during 2012. Unlike conventional microscope, foldscope does not require […]

The advent of Electron Microscopy in 1932 opens the door to visualizing small subcellular structure and viruses which were beyond the scope of Light microscopy which can’t resolve objects separated by less than 0.2μm. Facts: […]